BenGambalie

BenGambalie

Favorite films

  • Inside Llewyn Davis
  • Hot Rod
  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Aftersun

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  • On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

    ★★★½

  • Opus

    ★★

  • It Follows

    ★★★½

  • Better Man

    ★★★½

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  • On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

    On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

    ★★★½

    Really loved the themes this was dealing with, but it’s structure and pacing of scenes worked against itself for me 

    Acting was great and very naturalistic. Felt like it needed to hone in on a tone to really sell itself

  • Opus

    Opus

    ★★

    Not only using a tired-modern plot trope, but doing it in a vastly underbaked way. Music was great! But so underutilized it totally negates how catchy it was 

    Creative people, stand back and stand by?

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  • The Dog

    The Dog

    ★★★★

    Up until his very last moments he was horny as all hell and you kinda have to respect that

  • Grown Ups

    Grown Ups

    ★★

    Grown Ups (2010), directed by Dennis Dugan, follows a man Lenny Feder, played by the ever so committed Adam Sandler, as he and his buddies (Chris Rock, David Spade, Rob Schneider, Kevin James) are forced to face their nostalgia and combat their new lifestyles after their basketball coach suddenly dies. 

    What this movie does right, it does VERY right. Having a simple and sweet, yet never reaching saccharine, premise, it delivers on all aspects of life. It provides a unique…